Moderna vaccines touch down in Taoyuan
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
The government yesterday welcomed the arrival of 150,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, the first batch of its order from the US pharmaceutical firm.
The batch, carried by a China Airlines Ltd (中華航空) cargo flight of Taiwan’s national carrier, arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at about 5pm, slightly later than the Central Epidemic Command Center’s (CECC) 3:50pm estimate given on Thursday night.
The flight departed from Luxembourg yesterday morning and stopped at Dubai before reaching Taiwan.
The first batch of 150,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is unloaded at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday.
Taiwan reports 667 domestic COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths (update)
05/27/2021 05:55 PM
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Taipei, May 27 (CNA) Taiwan on Thursday reported 667 domestic COVID-19 cases, four imported cases, and 13 deaths, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Of the domestic cases, 401 were newly confirmed cases and 266 were from a backlog of test results confirmed over the last several days, the CECC said.
The 667 domestic cases included 323 in New Taipei and 231 in Taipei. Taoyuan reported 22 cases, Keelung reported 17, while Kaohsiung had 14 cases and Changhua had 13.
Ten cases each were reported in Taichung and Yilan, six in Hualien, five in Hsinchu County, four in Taitung and three each in Pingtung and Chiayi.
Taiwan was incredibly effective at managing the COVID-19 pandemic and the world has an opportunity to learn from that experience at the May 25-June 1 World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva.
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FILE PHOTO: Medical personnel wearing protective gear, guide people at a rapid coronavirus testing center after the infection alert rose to level 3 in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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